Pictured from left: assistant volleyball coach Keelie Hillis, co-MVP Keri Munn, co-MVP Kiya Ferrell and assistant coach Jon Spears. The Central High School Lady Raider volleyball team on Wednesday celebrated their historic 2020 season with a team banquet. Multiple awards were handed out. Keri Munn and Kiya Ferrell Were named co-MVPs of the team. Meanwhile, Sydney Shipley and Lexi Bryan each earned the Lady Raider Award. CHS reached the state sectional for the first time in school history after defeating Rockvale in the Region 4-AAA semi-finals. See more photos here. Pictured from left: assistant volleyball coach Keelie Hillis, Lady...

The first sign of baseball season is finally here: pitchers and catchers. MLB announced the start dates of workouts for 2021 Spring Training presented by Camping World on Tuesday, with the first pitchers and catchers workouts and first full-squad workouts for every team. Teams will report to Spring Training next week, with pitchers and catchers workouts beginning on Wednesday, Feb. 17 and full-squad workouts starting the following week on Monday, Feb. 22. Here are the first workout dates (subject to change) for all 30 clubs. (You can hear the Atlanta Braves on Thunder Radio all season) Click here for report...

Sign up are currently ongoing for the Manchester Youth Baseball League. Two dates have already been held, with more sign up dates set for Feb. 13, 20 and 27. Anyone wishing to sign up can do so between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m.  on those dates at the Ada Wright Building at Fred Deadman Park in Manchester – located off of N. Woodland St. There will be the following leagues to sign up for: 6U (t-ball), 8U (coach pitch), 10U, 12U, 15U and 18U. Cost to sign up for 6U is $45, cost for 8U through 12U is $55;...

Manchester Girls Slow-Pitch Softball League is currently holding sign ups for the 2021 season. Two sign up dates have already been held and there are three more scheduled. Anyone with a child who would like to sign up for the slow-pitch league, they can do so from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Feb. 13, Feb. 20 and Feb. 27 at the Ada Wright Center in Fred Deadman Park – located off of N. Woodland St. in Manchester. There will be different divisions for ages 4 through 24. Tiny tots coach pitch division will be for boys and girls...

Bella Vinson is the lone senior on the Central High School Lady Raider basketball team. She is pictured with her parents, Matt and Brandy Vinson. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Lincoln County gave Coffee County Central’s Lady Raiders a scare when the two teams met in Fayetteville on Jan. 15. The Lady Raiders were having none of it for the rematch Monday, Feb. 8, 2021 in Manchester. Senior Bella Vinson dropped 18 points on senior night and Elli Chumley added 12 tough points in the paint as CHS cruised to a 54-32 win over the Lady Falcons....

CHS senior Trenton Scrivnor flushes a dunk for 2 of his 22 points Monday, Feb. 9, 2021. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Coffee County’s Red Raiders dropped their second District 8-AAA game in a row and fell out of second place with a 67-57 loss Monday night at Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gymnasium. Despite 22 points from senior Trenton Scrivnor, the Raiders struggled to stop the hot shooting of Lincoln County. CHS trailed at the end of every quarter. The Falcons hit 9 3-pointers on the night, powered by Owen Sandlin who ended up with a game...

Dante Fabbro scored Nashville’s lone goal, as the Predators fell to the Tampa Bay Lightning by a 4-1 final on Monday night at Bridgestone Arena. The result gives the Preds three losses to the Bolts this season, as the two clubs began a back-to-back set in Nashville. Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne made 31 saves on the night, and Fabbro’s power-play tally brought the Preds to within one in the third period, but Tampa Bay added two empty-netters to seal their eighth win of the season. Predators Hockey is heard live on Thunder Radio – presented by realtor Charlie Gonzales with Weichert Realtors,...

Kyle Farless tries to get to the rim with Franklin County Rebel LT Taylor defending. Farless scored 12 points Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021, but the Raiders fell to the Rebels 50-41. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Coffee County’s Red Raiders couldn’t carry the momentum from a Friday road win in Lawrenceburg into Winchester on Saturday. The CHS boys struggled at the free throw line and missed a few opportunities in the paint in a 50-41 loss to the Rebels of Franklin County. (Saturday, Feb. 6) The loss splits the season series with the Rebels and leaves CHS...